Entertainment device to accompany packages of merchandise



Dec. 10, 1935. J. w. BOWMAN ,7

TO ACCOMPANY PACKAGES OF MERCHANDISE ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE Filed Feb. 1'7, 1934 Patented Dec. 10, 1935 UNITE? STATS PATENT OFFICE ENTERTAINMENT. DEVICE TO ACCOMPANY PACKAGES F MERCHANDISE Jacob Warren Bowman, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to Gum llnc., Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application February 17, 1934, Serial No. 711,779

1 Claim. (01. 46-35) designs. In carrying out my invention I have found it 1o A further purpose is to provide within merdesirable to place approximately 100 pieces of chandising packages, in the present instance, wrapped chewing gum in a box for delivery to a packages of chewing gum, sheets of sensitized store keeper. From the box the store keeper paper, sheets of translucent material with part retails the individual packets to the customers configurations thereon adapted to match with (who in the present instance are usually chil- 15 one another when placed along matching lines dren between the ages of five and eleven). and. means for holding the sensitized paper in In carrying out the detailed distribution of my contact with the translucent material to reproimproved entertainment device, I place one or duce the combined configurations on a single more (preferably about three) pieces of sensitized sheet of paper to obtain an understandable subpaper such as blue print or printing out paper, 20 ject matter when exposed to bright light and or any other paper that may be used for contact afterwards washed in Water or other liquid for printing by light exposure, within each package fiXiIlgcontaining chewing gum. It is preferable of Other purposes will appear in the specificacourse to provide paper which will be placed in tion and in the claim. water for finishing and does not require any fixing 25 In the drawing I have illustrated one of the solution to be used by the children. many possible embodiments of my invention, Other boxes are filled with packets that have, selecting a form which is convenient in use, easy within the chewing gum packets, pieces of trans-' to manufacture and satisfactory in demonstratlucent material with printed objects thereon. m e principles involved. The printing on the translucent material is made 30 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a merchandis into any desired configuration and within a given ing packet, pref ra y a p et ontain g chewbox all packets preferably contain difierent printing gum and parts of the material for making ing. The configuration on one strip of translul y v cent material is arranged so that any one of the Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on strips that are lined to match with the bottom 35 the 11 8 f Figure o ewhat enlarged to strip will be in exact position to complete afigure, Show thicknesses 0f materialalthough the figure completed mayhave no coun- F u 3 a V w S a to Figure but s owterpart in the world. For example, the figures another o e parts used to Complete y produced may be anomalies of natural history, 40 inventionwhich will therefore seem more amusing to chil- 40 Figure 415 a View Similar to Figures 2 and 31 but dren who are beginning to become aware ofthe Showing sitm'ariother of the parts used to I facts of the creature world. The lower portion plat? my mvfentlon' of the figure may illustrate the body of a giraffe Flgltre 5 1S a perspective. vlew- Showing t and the upperportion of the figure may represent 45 inlai tggisg of translucent strips for reproduction a horse, dog or any other animaL It will be Figure 6 is a perspective View similar to Figure noted that many amusing p1ctures can be ob- 5 but showing different configurations upon tamed by these comblnatl9ns' T b translucent material used in my invention. In another box of chewmg gum Place m Figure '7 is a perspective view of a device for individual packets of gum a holder mto Whlch 50 holding the sensitized paper in contact with the the translucent strips may be Placed above one translucent material for completing the subject of the sheets of sensitized paper, and the purpose matter according to my invention. of this holder for the sensitized paper and the In the drawing similar numerals indicate like translucent material with its printing thereon parts. is to instruct the child to expose to a bright light 55 My invention relates to entertainment devices which are enclosed in packages of merchandise.

A purpose of my invention is to enclose picture reproducing supplies and apparatus in packages of merchandise.

A further purpose is to enclose strips of translucent material with different part configurations thereon which are adapted to cooperate one with another along matching lines to produce unique In manufacturing and selling chewing gum it has been found to be desirable to provide novel and entertaining devices to interest children.

I have also found that it is desirable to furnish within a packet, novelty subject matter which will depend for a full understanding or for completion, upon subject matter in another packet which is obtained by another purchase from that of the first mentioned packet.

- the translucent material, which constitutes in the present instance a film of the photographic type, and to allow the child actually to transfer the pictures from the translucent material to the sensitized paper. After the transfer, the child may wash the sensitized paper with water and display the pictures thereon that have been transferred from the translucent material.

In Figure l I have illustrated a packet according to my invention. In Figure 2 I have shown a transverse section through the packet of Figure l in which the chewing gum II has a wrapper I2 having overlapping edges I3 and turned end I4. In the wrapper I2 and with the gum II I place a number of strips of sensitized paper I5. The sensitized paper I5 should be only moderately sensitive to light. This is true of blue print paper and printing out paper.

In Figure 3 I have shown a section of a packet similar to Figure 2, but in this illustration I have shown in the packet above the chewing gum II a strip of translucent material I6 having printed objects thereon. The material I6 may, for example, be tracing paper, tissue paper, tracing cloth or cellophane. In all other respects this packet is the same as that of Figure 1.

In Figure 4 I have illustrated a packet similar to that shown in Figures 2 and 3. In this packet I show a holder II which is adapted to support the sensitized paper on its bottom and to hold the translucent material superimposed upon the sensitized paper. The edges I8 and I9 of the holder I! are adapted to hold the edges of the sensitized paper and translucent material in place in the holder H in order to allow the user to expose the holder and its contents in a bright light for a suflicient length of time to allow for the transfer of the combined picture of two translucent strips which are placed in the holder above the sensitized paper.

In Figure 5 I have shown a perspective view of two strips I6 and I6 of translucent material. The strip I6 is supplied with controlling or longitudinal matching lines 20. Transverse matching lines 2| are indicated on the surface of the strip I6.

The matching lines 20 are arranged in such a manner that, if the child will follow them carefully in attempting to match an upper section with a lower section, he will be able to have the two parts of his translucent material match perfectly. I have found overlapping of the sections I6 and. I6 to be desirable because it allows for the proper lining up of the two strips of translucent material much more satisfactorily than would be the case if an attempt were made to place the ends of the two strips together for matching purposes, because the overlapping'ends provide a proper matching space between the upper and lower sections of translucent material.

In the showing of Figure 6 I have used the same lower translucent strip I6 but, in place of the strip l6 of Figure 5, I have illustrated a strip I6 which contains a different upper configuration from that of the strip I6.

In Figure '7 I have illustrated the holder ll carrying a strip of sensitized paper I5 with the strips of translucent material I6 and I6 properly aligned and in place thereon. The translucent and sensitized materials are held in place in the holder II on account of the upward curve at 22 of the body of the holder II, which curved por tion 22 impinges against the translucent and sen- 10 sitized papers and tends to bow them outwardly and hold them firmly in place. At the same time the gripping edges I8 and I9 of the holder I I support the edges of the strips I5 and I6.

It is not necessary that the holders I! be placed with a piece of chewing gum within the wrapper of the packet I0, as I have found it is sometimes preferable to allow the store keeper to distribute the holders among different children at his discretion. A careful child may even use the translucent material and the sensitized paper without a holder.

My arrangement of pictures will present many other possibilities than those mentioned as they may contain the body of an animal on one section and the head of a person on the other section and by use of the matching lines 2| many amusing combinations can be secured. The child will of course seek to place the head and body of the same animal on the same picture. This is accomplished in some cases by trading pieces of translucent material among the children. I

The use of blue print paper and printing out paper is so well known that I will not attempt to explain it in detail. My invention relates both to the methods involved and to the articles used.

In view of my invention and disclosure, variations and modifications to meet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident to others skilled in the art to obtain all or part of the benefits of my invention without copying the structure shown, and I therefore claim all such in so far as they fall within the reasonable spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:--

In an amusement device for distribution with an article of manufacture, the combination of a sheet of light sensitive paper, a plurality of translucent sheets having configurations thereon, superimposed upon the light sensitive sheet and cooperating to form a complete configuration to be reproduced upon the light sensitive sheet, and a holder presenting an outwardly bowing surface to the light sensitive paper and presenting in front of and along the sides of the outwardly bowing surface inwardly directed runway surfaces to the outer surfaces of the translucent sheets along the edges thereof, whereby the sheets are bowed against their resilient flattening force and held frictionally together by their own tendency to flatten.

JACOB WARREN BOWMAN. 

